1 Samuel 14:6

these uncircumcised A frequent epithet of abhorrence for the Philistines. Here it has a special significance, for it indicates that Jonathan's hope of success was based on the reflection that the Philistines stood in no covenant-relation to Jehovah, as Israel did.

there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few See ch. 1 Samuel 17:46-47; Judges 7:4; Judges 7:7; 2 Chronicles 14:11, and the noble words of Judas Maccabaeus before the battle of Beth-horon (1Ma 3:16-21): "With the God of heaven it is all one to deliver with a great multitude or with a small company; for the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven." These were among the heroes who "through faith waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens" (Hebrews 11:34).